Traffic brings down Microsofts servers
Haven't I heard that before somewhere?
Windows 7 brings Microsoft to its knees
Desperate beta testers brought down Microsoft's Windows 7 download page yesterday for about two hours. Only Microsoft Developer Network members and TechNet members were offered keys, but Microsoft still had to make some changes to keep the site up and running. The MSDN blog said "systems are having trouble keeping up" and …
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Mebbe
Looks like Microsoft should have tried Bittorrent. All the Linux vendors do it.
.torrent
They just didn't have the bandwidth for that many downloads.
They should have used a torrent for distribution.
It was slow on the corporate network as well
Killed the multi-Gig connection off of the Build server too...
Free Windows 7 Beta Meant To Available
With Windows 7 set for release in Dec. 09, Microsoft is getting ready with their free upgrade program, which allows Vista users to switch to Windows 7 when it arrives.Buy yourself a copy of Windows Vista after 1 July, and you could qualify for a free upgrade when Microsoft's new operating system ships.Details are sketchy as of this point, but strategically, it is designed to mitigate the number of users who are putting off buying a new computer, because they would rather go directly to Windows 7 from XP, rather than deal with Vista.
http://techunits.com/content/list_all/36/windows7
Tried it and no thanks
Tried windows 7, while it was a vast improvement on vista, it still is little different in functionality to XP. So to make full use of my I7 64bit computer I have made the leap to Kubuntu and am loving. it. highly recommend people jump to Kubuntu instead of windows 7.
Using Cedega to run the last few windows apps that there isn't native versions of, Works great!, I am actually finding that some of the windows programs are more stable when running under wine/ Cedega that they where on XP or the win 7 beta.
tl;dnr version, Once you go Linux you never go back!
Unlike Vista?
Be patient, the Vista-like effects will be observable only with the final release...
Tux* likes the smell of a new windows release in the morning. It smells like victory.
* Beastie, Puffy, Gnu and other mascots notwithstanding. There is just no icon here for them...
Wine and stability
An AC said "I am actually finding that some of the windows programs are more stable when running under wine"
I too have discovered this. Specifically, I found that the bugfest know as Elder Scrolls 4: Oblivion works great. Under XP Oblivion would crash constantly. Unfortunately getting it to work under Wine was a bit of a chore but once it was working it has crashed a whole lot less than it did on XP.
What servers do they use ?
In old internet days there was a way to get the identity of the web-server; but nowadays the bigger bottlenect might be cascaded behind a freebsd. Any info on what forms the backbone in the MS network ?
Paris, coz she is frequently on her knees (& elbows) too.
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